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Ice Core Records Shed Light on a Volcanic Mystery

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 29 January 202529 January 2025

By analyzing sulfur and volcanic ash entrained in ice cores, researchers pinpointed a caldera in the remote Kuril Islands as the site of an unidentified 19th century eruption.

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Glacier Intervention Research Isn’t Just for Glaciologists

by Kenneth D. Mankoff, Christina Hulbe, Sławek Tulaczyk, Francesca Marzatico and Tiffany Morrison 9 January 202524 March 2025

Prospects for mitigating sea level rise by slowing flows of glacial ice into the ocean are worthy of research, but this work must involve all rights holders and stakeholders.

The crater of a snow-covered volcano emits smoke.
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Antarctic Ice Melt May Fuel Eruptions of Hidden Volcanoes

by Madeline Reinsel 3 January 202513 January 2025

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off.

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Massive Antarctic Icebergs May Calve at Random

by Rebecca Dzombak 20 December 20244 April 2025

The first analysis of extreme calving events in Antarctica finds no correlation with climate change, highlighting the significance of common, smaller calving events for ice loss and instability.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Cold Days Bring Fast Ice

by Saima May Sidik 20 December 202420 December 2024

Thirty-seven years of observations reveal the meteorological conditions that lead to persistent, thick fast ice in Antarctica.

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What 92 Years of Data Say About Ice Cover

by Nathaniel Scharping 16 December 202416 December 2024

New research on Mohonk Lake in New York investigates how changing ice phenology alters temperature dynamics in lakes.

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The Survival of Arctic Sea Ice May Depend on Its Travel Routes

by Mahima Samraik 9 December 20249 December 2024

Researchers find that the motions of ice parcels determine which ones survive the annual summer melt.

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Glaciers near Active Volcanoes Flow Faster

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 November 202414 November 2024

Monitoring glacier velocity could help predict volcanic activity, a study of more than 210,000 glaciers suggests.

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Centennial-Scale Jumps in CO2 Driven by Earth’s Tilt

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 8 November 20248 November 2024

Antarctic ice records uncovered seven previously unknown jumps in atmospheric carbon dioxide. These events may have been driven by changes in Earth’s tilt.

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How an Ocean-Sized Lake May Have Formed on Ancient Mars

by Saima May Sidik 6 November 20246 November 2024

The catastrophic collapse of Mars’s atmosphere may have melted its polar ice cap, creating an ice-covered southern sea.

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